#021 - Scott Albrecht

80 EUR

Details:

4 colour, hand pulled, screen print.

Signed and numbered by the artist.

50 x 70 cm, frame not included.

A little word from Scott Albrecht

"I wasn’t too sure what to expect. I had planned to see a couple
different areas that were different from one another. While reading about
Nicaragua or talking with people about it, I heard very different things.
Ranging from “it’s an absolutely beautiful place” (which it is!) to “watch out
for landmines” or “the kissing bug aka assassin bug”. It was a pretty wide
spectrum of possibilities.

One of
the things that struck me the most was how bright and vibrant the cities were,
and how much color was really celebrated in the communities. You could walk up
any block and literally every home would be a completely different color palette
from the one next to it. All rich and vibrant with their own personalities, and
then as you reach the end of the block, the next block is completely different
from the one you were just on. It was really beautiful.

While I was there one of the overwhelming things I noticed was
that the cities don't take on much uniformity within them. The buildings are
all wildly different colors, the sidewalk tiles are often mismatched, the
signage is all hand painted. It gave me an impression that everything was very
unique. So when I was thinking about the edition, this stuck out to me and
started to influence the way I was thinking about the piece and eventually the
overall approach.
I decided on not making an edition as planned but a series of unique 15x15
cm wooden tiles, each completely different from one another in both form and
color —no two are the same. Staying true to the Nicaraguan spirit of
uniformity."